by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Thou art the soul of a summer's day
Language: English
Thou art the soul of a summer's day, Thou art the breath of the rose. But the summer is fled And the rose is dead; Where are they gone, who knows? Thou art the blood of my heart o' hearts, Thou art my soul's repose But my heart grows numb And my soul is dumb; Where art thou, love, who knows? Thou art the hope of my after years -- Sun for my winter snows; But the years go by `Neath a clouded sky. Where shall we meet, who knows?
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "A song", appears in Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow, first published 1905 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932), "Love Memory" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest R. Ball (1878 - 1927), "Who knows?", published 1908 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941), "Thou Art The Soul of a Summer's Day", copyright © 1997 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-11
Line count: 15
Word count: 89